This product is the dry and mature fruit of Quisqualis Fruit (Quisqualis indica L.), a deciduous vine-like shrub of the Quisqualis Fruit family. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places. Harvest from September to October when the peel turns purple and black and dry in the sun. Remove the shells and use the seeds raw or stir-fried.

[Property]

sweet, warm. act on spleen and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

Expelling insects and eliminating accumulation.

[Indications]

1. Used for worm syndromes/patterns, worm syndromes/patterns. This product has an anthelmintic effect and is good at repelling roundworms and pinworms. For mild cases, just stir-fry and chew this product alone; for severe cases, it can be combined with Sichuan Chinaberry Bark, large-fruited elm and other combinations of medicinals to enhance insect repellent Power, like Quisqualis Fruit powder.
2. It is used for childhood malnutrition. Quisqualis Fruit is sweet and warm. It can repel insects, eliminate retention of food, and support the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is used to treat childhood malnutrition, complexion shallow yellow, thin body, large abdomen, and abdominal pain with worms. Each is equivalent to Areca Seed, Medicated Leaven, Germinated Barley, such as Chubby Child Pill.

[Documentation]

1. Kaibao Bencao: "It is used to treat five types of malnutrition in children, including white and turbid urine. It kills worms and treats diarrhea."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Strengthens the spleen and stomach. , removes deficiency heat and cures all kinds of sores and tinea in children. ""This product is sweet in taste and warm in temperature. It can kill worms and benefit the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it can restrain deficiency heat and stop diarrhea and dysentery. It is an important medicine for various diseases in children." "Do not drink it. If you drink hot tea, you will have diarrhea."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoction, 10-15g; stir-fry, chew, 6-9g. For each age of children, take 1 to 1.5 capsules per day, with the total dose not exceeding 20 capsules. Take on an empty stomach, once a day for 3 days.

[Precaution]

Taking large amounts can cause hiccup, vertigo, vomiting, diarrhea and other reactions. If taken with hot tea, it can also cause hiccup and diarrhea, so tea should be avoided when taking it.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This variety of seeds contains Quisqualis Fruit potassium, pyridine, sucrose, common fenugreek seeds and 20~27% fatty oil. It has a strong paralyzing effect on roundworms and pinworms. The main active ingredient in repelling insects is potassium quisqualis fruit acid, and there are also reports that it is related to the pyridine contained in it. Quisqualis Fruit water infusion has an inhibitory effect on certain skin fungi.